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By the time he was killed in the jungles of Bolivia, where his body was displayed like a deposed Christ, Ernesto "Che" Guevara had become a synonym for revolution everywhere from Cuba to the barricades of Paris. This extraordinary biography peels aside the veil of the Guevara legend to reveal the charismatic, restless man behind it. Drawing on archival materials from three continents and on interviews with Guevara's family and associates, Castaneda follows Che from his childhood in the Argentine middle class through the years of pilgrimage that turned him into a committed revolutionary. He examines Guevara's complex relationship with Fidel Castro, and analyzes the flaws of character that compelled him to leave Cuba and expend his energies, and ultimately his life, in quixotic adventures in the Congo and Bolivia. A masterpiece of scholarship, Companero is the definitive portrait of a figure who continues to fascinate and inspire the world over.
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Compañero: TŘhe Life and Death of Che Guevara, Jorge Castañeda, Marina Castañeda
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- Released
- 1998
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jorge Castañeda, Marina Castañeda
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0679759409
- ISBN13
- 9780679759409
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Communism, Contemporary History, Latin American Literature, Revolution, South America, Cuba, Argentina, Bolivia, Revolutionaries, Ernesto Che Guevara, 1928–1967
- First published
- 1997
- Original title
- Compañero - The Life and Death of Che Guevara
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- By the time he was killed in the jungles of Bolivia, where his body was displayed like a deposed Christ, Ernesto "Che" Guevara had become a synonym for revolution everywhere from Cuba to the barricades of Paris. This extraordinary biography peels aside the veil of the Guevara legend to reveal the charismatic, restless man behind it. Drawing on archival materials from three continents and on interviews with Guevara's family and associates, Castaneda follows Che from his childhood in the Argentine middle class through the years of pilgrimage that turned him into a committed revolutionary. He examines Guevara's complex relationship with Fidel Castro, and analyzes the flaws of character that compelled him to leave Cuba and expend his energies, and ultimately his life, in quixotic adventures in the Congo and Bolivia. A masterpiece of scholarship, Companero is the definitive portrait of a figure who continues to fascinate and inspire the world over.